How you react to being teased?

I was always picked on in school and always teased. I hated it then and I hate it now. My first reaction to that now is, how can I eliminate this person for good. I to never said anything years ago as a kid. By the time I got to high school, I had a hit list. LOL. But I cannot stand for anyone to tease me. I like your analogy "a declaration of war." That is perfect.

I am very sensitive kind of person when ever someone say me something I really take it to my heart even if the other person is joking but some times it depends on my mood. when I feel teased my mind go crazy I don't think any way to make my self relax.and the only reaction shown by me is that I start shouting and shouting loud.at that moment I really don't realise what I am speaking but after ward s when I am cooled down I sit and think an d mostly realise that you was wrong I should not have speak this way that was bad.

It depends on what kind of teasing, who is saying it, how it is said, etc.

Thus curling up into a ball, and wishing I'd disappear count as a reaction? I don't mean teasing in a mean way. Just regular joking-around teasing with friends. I think I haven't had that figured out still! When I'm with friends and we joke around, and tease everybody, I still get the same feelings of wanting to disappear!

When I get teased I just laugh it off and think of something to tease them about. We I was a kid I did not think this was. It always hurt my feelings. I would get mad hit them or call them bad names. Then I would go home and cry. Have a Blessed Day

Hi there srahruthbeth! For me, teasing sessions are more like mind games. I always try to find a way to counter any tease that others will throw at me. It is a great feeling when you are able to get back at a joke thrown at you and the other side gets knocked down surprised because they didn't saw your counter coming. I never let those jokes, teasing and ridiculing get the best of me. Usually I am the culprit of teasing others. I remembered when I made a classmate cry due to my excessive teasing back in my elementary days. Yes, yes, I'll take your warning then!

I'm okay as long as I know it is mild teasing and not being bullied. Body language speaks a lot. As a child I would take comments to heart and would withdraw. I never reacted then. And yes, I grew up taking comments as personal jibes. But I did a lot of introspection and worked on not taking things to heart. Now, I am able to judge if a comment is mild teasing or really a poke at me. My intuition works. Sometimes, I withdraw but if I think it is a personal taunt, I react immediately depending on who the person is.

Very well until they push it too far....then I get angry. Some people don't know where the line is....my friends husband is that way....he likes to tease then continues after he should have quit...then I have to remind him!

I guess for me it depends on who is teasing me and what it is about. I am ok most of the time but if they can dish it out...they better hope they can take it back..lol. I have had people tease me before and then get mad at me when I give it back them..I remind them though...oh it's ok for you..but not when someone else does it huh? If it is someone I am comfortable with and know they are joking..it's not an act of war for me...but if it's someone else...well..that is different.

Being teased as a child was awful! I hated it and it made me angry! It made me more sad then anything else! I was miserable! I thought everyone was out to get me and no one understood me! Now a days I know when i am being teased in a good way and I don't mind it. If I get teased in the wrong way I get pissed off! I will start yelling then walk away! That is my experiences!

I get very irritated when people tease me its just seems to be very horrifying and unworthy of living, When people tease me i first used to get very anointed but they seems to be do it more and more because they liked it about my anointing behavior but finally i have learned to control myself i know that what they tease it nothing like that after its all about me and why should i think about other what they tease, people that tease are very cheap they dont know what about themselves and have no respect about themselves. So what i do when people tease me i just control myself and just concentrate on the things that are beneficial to me. Also this technique has worked a lot about me when you just avoid the people that tease you they automatically stop teasing you just try it works well. When they tease dont react anything just be friendly and keep your mood calm.

As a child I never like bullies.They take my lunch money away during my school bus rides and I was too young to understand that It was not friendship that they are offering but they are taking advantage of me as a child of six years old. I have taught my kid to be much street smarter than I am since the world has change since then. With teasing there are times that I can take those good maturely and even laugh with those who tease me but as a person I am still human and there are times when I am experiencing some pressures from my boss related to my work that I cannot even shrug it off but shout at the one doing the teasing.

It is up to you how you handle the teasing. I thing it is okay up to some degree if someone tease you but excess of everything is bad so act if you think it is going out of the limit. Sometimes I also love teasing and sometimes I also get teased so nothing to worry about that, just play around.

I really don't mind being teased. But it depends on who is teasing and what he is teasing about. It also depends on how it is being said. But just as the word itself suggest, teasing isn't really serious unless the kind of teasing indicates something that is indirectly saying something. When we get angry it means that the teasing isn't teasing anymore because it is already hurting you. And since there are people who are fond of teasing, it is up to us to just ignore it or defend ourselves nicely if we need to as much as possible if we wish to remind that person that it is already hurting.

When I am teased, I turn it around to the other person, and find a way to explain to them that their behaviour is immature. If I don't come out and say it exactly that way, I say something to put the ball back into their court. I don't feel good about being teased, and there is never humour in teasing someone else, but I am not silent, and I don't take it, either.

Even as a kid i was hardly teased by anyone and even if i was i would take it lightly and with a smile.Nowadays hardly anyone teases me as everybody knows my nature and how serious i have become.However if someone does tease me i will do exactly what i did in my childhood, take it lightly and with a smile and not throw any tantrum.

For me at first I don't know it anything but if I noticed I would said I will make it strong so that my life more happy.